It is common large tree in tropical climate. Where I saw in south of Taiwan, it is an interesting tree to take pictures with. Its roots...Read More go vertical looks like short walls. Tourists love it!
Looking Glass Mangrove grows along the seashore in India, SE Asia and Tropical Africa. It is found in abundance in Sundarban, which proba...Read Morebly got its name from this tree, locally known as Sundari.
The tip is pointed or blunt, the base is usually rounded, the upper surface smooth and shining, and the lower surface densely covered with small, round, pale or silvery-white scales. The flowers are numerous, yellowish-green, bell-shaped, about 5 mm long, usually 5-toothed and borne on hairy panicles 7-15 cm long. The fruit is hard and shining, woody, smooth, broadly boat-shaped, 4-8 cm long, and keeled.
The hard and strong timber is valued for masts, when it can be got straight enough. It is also used for canoes, firewood, house posts, joists, pressers, telegraph poles, wheel-hubs and boat-ribs.
It is common large tree in tropical climate. Where I saw in south of Taiwan, it is an interesting tree to take pictures with. Its roots...Read More
Looking Glass Mangrove grows along the seashore in India, SE Asia and Tropical Africa. It is found in abundance in Sundarban, which proba...Read More